In The Sexual Evolution, biologist Nathan H. Lents argues persuasively that many of our
supposedly modern ideas about gender and human sexuality are, in fact, deeply rooted in our animal
ancestors. In this presentation, Lents will show how diverse sexual behavior is not a new development,
is not unique to humans and is not the product of modern progressive culture. Instead, it’s the product
of millions of years of evolutionary experimentation throughout the animal kingdom.
Nathan H. Lents is a professor of biology at John Jay College and the author of the popular
science books Not So Different, Human Errors and The Sexual Evolution.
Elizabeth Reis, the discussant, is a distinguished lecturer at the Macaulay Honors College and a professor
emerita at the University of Oregon. She is the author of Bodies in Doubt: An American History of
Intersex.
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